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Keeney and Basford Funeral Homes, P.A

Frederick, MD

A funeral home.

Posted January 9, 2026 Checked September 1, 2026

Read this home's price list

106 EAST CHURCH STREET, Frederick, MD

From this home's state license record.

No website on file yet.

Direct cremation

$4,610

The middle price in Maryland is $3,465.

This is the price this home posts for this package, as one total.

How this adds up
"Direct cremation with Alternative Cremation Container (Cardboard)"$4,610
Sum$4,610

This covers removal of remains, transportation to crematory, service vehicle and minimum services of staff. It does not cover mileage beyond the distance this list includes and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • removal of remains
  • transportation to crematory
  • service vehicle
  • minimum services of staff

What this home's price does not cover

  • mileage beyond the distance this list includes
  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Direct cremation with Alternative Cremation Container (Cardboard)".

This list charges by the mile once the drive passes the distance its price covers. How far that is for a family is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "Additional distance, beyond 15 miles, will be charged at $3.00 per mile per vehicle Prices subject change without notice Keeney and Basford Funeral Homes, P.A. Page 3 of 6 FORWARDING REMAINS TO ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME"

The median across Maryland is $3,465, from 25 posted price lists we have read.

Cremation with service

$6,710

The middle price in Maryland is $9,755.

This covers basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead, transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care, embalming, dressing, casketing and cosmetizing, use of facilities and staff for a viewing and use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony.

How this adds up
"MINIMUM SERVICES OF THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND STAFF"$3,395
"Transfer of deceased from place of death to funeral home (within a"$595
"want embalming, you usually have the right to choose an arrangement that does not require you"$995
"Dressing, casketing and/or cosmeitizing of deceased"$375
"Use of facilities and staff services for visitation (per day) (Our services"$675
"Use of facilities and staff services for funeral service in our chapel (Our"$675
Sum$6,710

It does not cover the rental casket for the viewing, the crematory fee, mileage beyond the distance this list includes and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead
  • transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care
  • embalming
  • dressing, casketing and cosmetizing
  • use of facilities and staff for a viewing
  • use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony

What this home's price does not cover

  • the rental casket for the viewing
  • the crematory fee
  • mileage beyond the distance this list includes
  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

This list charges by the mile once the drive passes the distance its price covers. How far that is for a family is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "Additional distance, beyond 15 miles, will be charged at $3.00 per mile per vehicle Prices subject change without notice Keeney and Basford Funeral Homes, P.A. Page 3 of 6 FORWARDING REMAINS TO ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME"

The median across Maryland is $9,755, from 16 posted price lists we have read.

Immediate burial

Immediate burial with a casket or container this funeral home supplies

$5,580

This one price does include this home's least expensive casket. Any other casket costs more and is priced separately at the funeral home.

This is the price this home posts for this package, as one total.

How this adds up
"Immediate burial with minimum casket (Doeskin Cloth-covered)"$5,580
Sum$5,580

This covers removal of remains, transportation to cemetery, service vehicle and basic services of staff. It does not cover mileage beyond the distance this list includes and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • removal of remains
  • transportation to cemetery
  • service vehicle
  • basic services of staff

What this home's price does not cover

  • mileage beyond the distance this list includes
  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Immediate burial with minimum casket (Doeskin Cloth-covered)".

This list charges by the mile once the drive passes the distance its price covers. How far that is for a family is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "Additional distance, beyond 15 miles, will be charged at $3.00 per mile per vehicle Prices subject change without notice Keeney and Basford Funeral Homes, P.A. Page 3 of 6 FORWARDING REMAINS TO ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME"

This list charges by the mile once the drive passes the distance its price covers. How far that is for a family is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "Additional distance, beyond 15 miles, will be charged at $3.00 per mile per vehicle Prices subject change without notice Keeney and Basford Funeral Homes, P.A. Page 3 of 6 FORWARDING REMAINS TO ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME"

Immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides

$4,485

The middle price in Maryland is $4,400.

How this adds up
"Immediate burial with container provided by the purchaser"$4,485
Sum$4,485

It does not cover mileage beyond the distance this list includes and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides

What this home's price does not cover

  • mileage beyond the distance this list includes
  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Immediate burial with container provided by the purchaser".

This list charges by the mile once the drive passes the distance its price covers. How far that is for a family is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "Additional distance, beyond 15 miles, will be charged at $3.00 per mile per vehicle Prices subject change without notice Keeney and Basford Funeral Homes, P.A. Page 3 of 6 FORWARDING REMAINS TO ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME"

This list charges by the mile once the drive passes the distance its price covers. How far that is for a family is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "Additional distance, beyond 15 miles, will be charged at $3.00 per mile per vehicle Prices subject change without notice Keeney and Basford Funeral Homes, P.A. Page 3 of 6 FORWARDING REMAINS TO ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME"

The median across Maryland is $4,400, from 27 posted price lists we have read.

These prices do not include a casket. The casket is chosen and priced separately at the funeral home.

These figures are ballparks for comparing homes, not quotes.

These figures are assembled from this home's own posted price list, and each one is rounded up to the next $5. Treat them as a way to compare homes, not as a quote. Only the funeral home can quote you.

Certified copies of the death certificate

This home's price list does not show a price for a certified copy of the death certificate, and we have no verified government fee for this place, so please ask the funeral home or the registrar in the county where the death happened what one copy costs.

Tax is always approximate. Ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

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